Bouncing doll



1,644,02 Oct. 4, 1927. ONEILL 7 BOUNCING DOLL Original Filed Oct. 23,192.2

' Patented a. 4, 1927.

UNITED sures :ornr HUGE O'NEILL, OI BPBIIGIHLD, K18801731- BOUNGIHGDOLL.

Original application fled. Qotober 88, 1?, Serial llo. 507,601. Dividedand this application flied August 1, 19. Serial Io. 789,588.

This application is divided out from my application Ser al No. 597,601filed Oct. 28, 1922.

The object of my invention is to provide 6 sanitary, unbreakable andartistic dolls, marionettes and toys which are adapted to perform newuses as toys of very unusual qualities. I

My im rovements consist in combining a 10 metal ske eton of coil s ringswith flesh materlal such as spon ru ber with or without a cover skin offlexible material such as rubber, and the methods of manufacturing thesame.

The arms and legs of dolls and fore and hind legs of animal toys mayhave compressible and extensible s rings as art of their metal anatomy,no t at the do ls and animals will s ring when dro or when held down anthen released. he head also may contain a compressible and extensiblesprin or there ma be continuous compressilile and extens1 le springsfrom head to feet, so that if the toy is drop (1 to the 95 floor on itshead or feet or ona fours it will bounce.

My invention is shown in several embodiments in the followin descriptionand apnded drawings, in w ich:

so Fig. 1 is a half mold with a section'of a doll m place.

Fig. 2 is a partial section'of a doll showing a dense rubber covering onthe 1e and feet. Fig. 3 is a'combined sheet 0 raw solid as or denserubber and raw sponge rubber.

Referring to the vdrawings; the compressible and extensible springanatomy 1 may be of springs of uniform strength throughout, or may havestifl'er parts between joints (0 and more flexible parts at the jointsand may be embedded in any position in any part of the body of a doll,marionette or toy in which the body is composed .of flesh material ofsoft, flexible or elastic nature, preferably of molded sponge rubber 2,with the spots such as the feet 7 subjected to most wear preferablyreinforced with solid or dense rubber 3 and the whole covered b the skinformed in molding the sponge ru her or a skin of solid rubber 4, asshown in Fig. 2, or of any other flexible or elastic material. 5 is ahalf mold and is shown with the doll 6 in place. The ends of thecompressible and extensible s ring anatomy 1 may be fastened in the soid rubber wearing ieces.3 in the head and feet and the solid ru ber beused to bounce the doll or toy on.

The solid rubber skin 4 may be placed raw in the mold and vulcanized tothe sponge rubber 2 at one heat or may be of cured rubber placed in themold with the sprin anatomy 1 and head and feet ieces of soli rubber 3and raw s onge rub r material 2 inside the cured rub r skin 4. In thiscase the sp e rubber material 2 will expand on while vu canizing andpress the cured rubber skin 4 out against the surface of the mold and bevulcanized to the skin 4.

In Fi 3 is illustrated a section of raw rubber sleet 8 formed of a layerof sponge rubber mixture 2 and a layer of solid rubber mixture 4. Thissheet 8 is laced in each half of the mold with the soli rubber side 4against the mold 5 and is the preferred way to enclose the anatomy ofthe doll or toy in the spon 0 rubber, the anatomy being held in the mo]5 in any of the ways shown in the original application.

I claim: I

1. In a bouncin doll an anatomy composed of compressi 1e and extensiblesprings and sponge rubber, said springs bein embedded in said s ongerubber, the atter thereby securing t e springs in position and addinlgto the resilience of the doll structure.

2. n a bouncing doll an anatomy composed of compressible and extensiblesprings and s nge rubber, said springs beingnembedde in said spongerubber, the latter ereby securing the springs in position and addin .tothe resilience of the doll structure, an said compressible andextensible springs being continuous from head to foot.

JOHN HUGH ONEILL.

